Starfield:Bridger

Bridger
Base Damage	127
Fire Rate	4
DPS	10.6
Ammo	40mm XPL
Mag Capacity	40
Accuracy	63.4%
Range	40
Mass	5.5
Mod Slots	6
Base Value	8190
Type	Ballistic Heavy Weapon
Item ID	0026D96A
Variants	Ashta Tamer, Shattered Shock

The Kodama is a ballistic rifle in Starfield that was created by CombaTech. It’s high rate of fire, quick reload speed and controllable recoil makes it a formidable weapon. It uses 7.77mm Caseless ammo.

Weapon Effects

This weapon can randomly get any effect compatible with its category.
See full breakdown and information of all Weapon Effects.

Location/Quest

• You can find this weapon in randomised loot in Starfield.
• You can obtain this weapon from most weapon vendors. It’s possible to reset a vendor’s inventory by waiting 48 hours, this can be done by sleeping or sitting for 24 hours twice and then checking back at the weapon vendor.

Weapon Modification

Category	Available Mods	Effect
Barrels	Long Barrel	Increases Accuracy, Recoil Control and Range at the cost of Aim Down Sight speed
Barrels	Standard Barrel	Standard issue barrel
Batteries	Hornet Nest	Explosive rounds explode downwards into a cluster of mini-explosions
Batteries	Standard Explosive Rounds	Standard issue magazine
Batteries	Tesla Pylons	Pylons that can be fired into surfaces that arc electricity between them. Mainly used for area denial
Internal	Hair Trigger	Installs a lighter trigger pull for increased Fire Rate
Lasers	Laser Sight	Laser Sight attachment to help with target acquisition and increase Accuracy
Optic	Iron Sights	Standard issue iron sights
Optic	Reflex Sight	Reflex sights for quicker target acquisition and visibility
Optic	Short Scope	Short scope or 2x magnified view
Stocks	Tactical Stock	Lighter stock for quicker Aim Down Sights speed and better Stability

Weapon Tier Level

Starfield have four Weapon tier levels: Base, Calibrated, Refined and Advanced (in ascending order). Only armor sets go up to Superior tier. The higher the tier, the better the damage of the weapon. Some weapons in Starfield only have three tier levels available or none at all. Typically as you level up, your chances of finding higher tier weapons increase, defeating higher level enemies will also increase the drop chance of best weapons.

Unique Weapons in Starfield also scale in damage depending on their weapon tier, but they keep the same unique name. You can find out more information on the unique weapon scaling system page.

The best weapons in Starfield are Legendary Advanced weapons which come with 3 Weapon Effects.

Tier	Loot Level	Damage Change	Damage	Fire Rate	DPS	Tier ID
Base	0	0.0%	127.0	5	10.6	0028F448
Calibrated	30	15+ Damage	142.0	5	11.8	0028F449
Refined	40	15+ Damage	157.0	5	13.1	0028F44A
Advanced	50	15+ Damage	172.0	5	14.3	0028F44B

Weapon Categories

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  Pistols

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  Rifles

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  Shotguns

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  Heavy Weapons

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  Melee Weapons

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  Explosives

Heavy Weapons

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Heavy Weapons in Starfield either have high damage explosive rounds or large ammo magazines with a high fire rate. This makes Heavy Weapons caperble of taking on multiple targets effusively. There are a number of Unique Heavy Weapons to collect. Unique Weapons range from; rare, epic, legendary and come with pre-defined Weapon Effects that increase your damage output.

Using the science skill: weapon engineering you can modify your heavy weapons with the best mods for your playstyle. This will affect the damage, fire rate, magazine capacity, range, mass and accuracy of the weapon. Each gun has a limited number of mod slots to utilise.

Below you will find a list of all the common and unique heavy weapon locations in Starfield along with the weapon ID which can be used to add the weapon to your inventory using console commands.

Ballistic Heavy Weapons

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Heavy Weapons deal physical damage. Heavy weapons use both explosive ammo and normal ammo which while easy to acquire is spent rapidly by the heavy weapon. Explosive Ammo on the other hand is much harder to find and more costly to buy from vendors. This means you will often end up using heavy weapons in addition to other weapon types in Starfield.

You can increase the damage that Heavy Weapons do by investing skill points into the following Combat Skills: Demolitions, Ballistics, Heavy Weapons Certification, Marksmanship, Rapid Reloading, Armor Penetration, Crippling and Sharpshooting.

Name	Image	Damage	Fire Rate	DPS	Ammo	Mag Capacity	Accuracy	Range	Mass	Mod Slots	Value	Item ID	Unique
Ashta Tamer		127	5	10.58	40mm XPL	4	63.4%	40	4.9	1/6	15561	0031FCBF	Yes
Auto-Rivet		100	15	25	12.5mm ST Rivet	20	63.1%	20	4.5	4	7640	0026D964	-
Bridger		127	4	10.6	40mm XPL	40	63.4%	40	5.5	6	8190	0026D96A	-
Magstorm		9	160	60	50 MI Array	40	50.5%	40	12	2	19129	0026035E	-
Microgun		9	350	52.5	7.77mm Caseless	40	47.2%	40	11.4	6	13519	000546CD	-
N67 Smartgun		10	350	58.3	7.77mm Caseless	300	49.3%	40	15.1	2/6	3713	001AC6BB	Yes
Negotiator		165	12	33	40mm XPL	48	67%	48	10	6	21200	0026D970	-
Poisonstorm		10	400	66.7	50 MI Array	160	56.1%	58	12.2	2/2	46083	00AC6B8	Yes
Reckless Bombardment		120	12	24	40mm XPL	8	65.5%	40	14.15	5/6	89040	002D970	Yes
Shattered Shock		127	5	20.6	40mm XPL	6	76.3%	48	4.9	4/6	15561	000ECF9	Yes
X-989 Microgun		9	350	52.5	7.77mm Caseless	300	67.0%	42	12.3	4/6	39327	008AF5D	Yes

Energy Heavy Weapons

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Heavy Energy Weapons deal energy damage. If you also pair this with rank 4 of the Lasers Skill you’ll find that the Cutter has the highest damage per second of any weapon in Starfield. This is because it hits multiple times per second and stacks multiple points fire damage on your target. Both Cutters have unlimited Energy Ammo which recharges over time.

You can increase the damage that heavy energy weapons, do by investing skill points into the following Combat Skills: Lasers, Heavy Weapons Certification, Marksmanship, Rapid Reloading, Armor Penetration and Crippling.

Name	Image	Damage	Fire Rate	DPS	Ammo	Mag Capacity	Accuracy	Range	Mass	Mod Slots	Value	Item ID	Unique
Arc Welder		16	76	20.3	3KV LZR Cartridge	100	45.6%	20	4.2	4	2450	0026D965	-
Cutter		4	76	5.1	Energy	100	76.7%	20	4.5	4	475	0016758	-
Heller's Cutter		4	76	5.07	Energy	-	76.7%	3	4	0	712	0032046A	Yes